In the opening sequence of Flight Plan, the sequence starts with a mysterious soundtrack at the beginning then the noises turn into a sound of an aeroplane. Then accompanies the noise with the title “Flight Plan” This tells the audiences that someone is in trouble or something terrible is about to happen, then followed by a long shot then into an close up shot of Jodie Foster sitting down waiting for the yellowish train to arrive. The yellowish train symbolises a link to the airport because we then see shots of the airport as well as hearing the aeroplanes noises. The technical construction of the film “Flight Plan” the mysterious soundtracks were probably added to the shots after they had shot that particular scenes.
The director focuses on using natural lighting. He used only one light source form the direct view point of where Jodie Foster was sitting, cinematographer as also he used a blue gel to create the natural lighting effect. However as we continue to watch the opening sequence the lighting scenes are all dark – where no lighting effects have been used. The Foley sounds are continued to be used to help to build up the tension of the film.
The film begins with Jodie Foster having an flash back of her 6 year old daughter and their funeral, and then the story leads on to her imaging that her daughter is going abroad with her on the same aeroplane. When actually nobody believes that their was a child travelling abroad with her. This tells the audience that the story line of the story is fragmented and that it also starts of with drawing the audiences into the plot and wanting them to carry on watching the film.
Production:
The budget for this film was around $50,000,000
Production Company : Touchstone Pictures
Copyright Holder: Sony DADC's new ARccOS Copy Protection
Director: Robert Schwentke
Writers: Peter A. Dowling & Billy Ray
Starring: Jodie Foster - (The Silence of the Lambs)
Peter Sarsgaard -(The Man in Iron Mask & Another Day in Paradise)
Sean Bean - (The Lord of the Rings)
Erika Christensen -(Traffic)
Filming Locations: Berlin, Germany - International Airport of Leipzig Halle), Hollywood - Los Angeles, California USA
Marketing:
Distributed under a variety of certificates in some examples below:
UK (12A) Australia, Ireland (12A) Finland, Indonesia, Hongkong, Netherlands (12) Canada, South Korea, New Zealand, Germany (12) Switzerland, Brazil, Sweden, Czech Republic, Portugal, Iceland, USA
Release Date: 25th November 2005 in UK
Run time: 98 Minutes
Language: English , French, German, Arabic, Italian, Japanese
Website: http://flightplan.movies.go.com/index_main.html
A Summary of how these details impact on target audience:
The film was certificate 12, so therefore if you are under age you cannot watch the film. However people who like high budgeted films may be like to watch this film.People who like the actors in the film, that the actors previously has taken role in for example : Sean Bean - if you liked Lord of the Rings, then this film will be for you. The more distribution team, send the film out to other counties the more audiences, there are to watch the film.
Who is the target audience for Flight Plan?
The target audience for Flight Plan may be people who like to watch films like action/thriller. People who are interested in and likes to watch films that are produced in USA (Hollywood movies)
Discuss 3 ways the opening sequence address the target audience
1. Anyone who’s interested in Action/Thriller Films- which kind of appeals to young male audiences e.g now a days films target young male audiences, even though young women go to the cinema to
2. Anyone who likes to watch challenging/mysterious films
3. Anyone who likes to watch a film that involves an certain character having flash backs of her past etc
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